Posted 6/28/2010 11:58 AM (GMT 0)
My minister taught me a powerful coping mechnamism for depression. I feel down all the time too. But I do reverse physcology basically on myself. Like for you:
If I kill myself what is my girlfriend going to think? That I don't love her enough? That I am not worthy of her?
I have a motherless 6 year old I play "mom" with (with permission from dad of course). So I tell myself: What will Dakota think? Will he think that I do not love him enough? Will he be mad at me? What will happen to him? Who's going to protect him and love him like I do? Who's going to take him to the park and read bedtime stories? Who's going to go on school field trips? Will he miss me? How will this hurt Dakota?
I realize when I think like that, I have someone depending on me. I also have a cat, whom I pet constantly, I talk to, etc. The cat is solely dependent on me.